The Family Cookbook
Every recipe has travelled through time before finding its way here.
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Stories from family kitchens
These are the first pages of the OPR cookbook: recipes shared with love, and the memories that make them matter.
3 recipes to discover
Dessert
Nana Serb's Sunday Rice Pudding
From the OPR collection · Birmingham, England
“Every Sunday after church, Nana Serb put this pudding in the oven before we sat down for lunch. By the time we reached dessert, the house smelled of vanilla and nutmeg. She never measured a thing — she simply knew. One spoonful still takes us straight back to her kitchen.”
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Dave's Butter Chicken
From the OPR collection · New Malden, England
“I learned this from my Indian mother-in-law and tweaked it a little by replacing the tinned tomatoes with passata for a smoother, richer taste. I have cooked it in India for family and received their seal of approval — as well as my mother-in-law declaring that mine is better than hers now!”
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Barbara's Beef Casserole
From the OPR collection · Swansea, Wales
“Barbara learnt this recipe from her mother, Pat, and made it her own by adding a tablespoon of Bovril. She always prepared it the day before because, as she put it, good things are worth waiting for. We still make it from her flour-dusted recipe book, and nobody is allowed to skip the extra gravy.”
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